Also, MRI’s are still very much blunt instruments. A high resolution 1 millimetre scan is still representing ~100,000+ cells per voxel.
But that's not what GP is saying. GP is saying that associating diagnosis with resolution is a recipe for disappointment and wasted effort. Given our current abilities and the state of the art, finding a cause is not possible for many people, period. It is great that some people find a cause. It is also great that some people turn hard work into millions of dollars. That does not mean that it is a reasonable expectation for others--in fact, it is a harmful one, that obviates or distracts from more constructive alternatives, which GP suggested.
> corrected by aggressive bodywork, including trigger point myofascial release and dry needling.
It was corrected, but that doesn't mean those techniques are what corrected it.
You’re espousing hippiedom and it’s top comment because of left wing ignorance.
Please don't be that guy.
They just want to help, and for all anyone knows, they are helping. Saying it's an extremely harmful answer is not only untrue, it's harmful to discourage conversation that can lead to progress.
However, it is helpful to let people know what options they have and who and what they can go to for help. GPs should be doing this, but you'd be surprised how little they know about chronic pain. I've yet to bump into a GP who forwards people with chronic pain in the right direction.
>If you have chronic pain, see a pain management specialist
This is so important. Few know there are chronic pain centers people can go to that literally specialize in just chronic pain. They can help. They usually consist of three doctors and a physical therapist. For people with years of chronic pain a combination of things needs to be done at once to help them get out of it.
Also, optimism is helpful because it can prevent learned helplessness. Imagine living a life in chronic pain that could be cured, but instead every hypothetical was shot down, so not enough attempts towards a solution was made.
This is an extremely harmful answer. Do not listen to this person. If you have chronic pain, see a pain management specialist - a physiatrist or an interventional anaesthesiologist, or both. There are many non-opioid options that work extremely well. They can coordinate other care.
For example here's a Quora answer listing just a few treatments for chronic arthritis pain: https://www.quora.com/What-do-I-do-as-a-chronic-pain-elderly...